Scott and I wanted to write this blog post just to say thank you! We have less than 5 weeks till Blaine's due date and we are very happy and excited to meet our little lady! The last 35 weeks have gone by so fast and if it wasn't for each of you, it would have been the most stressful 35 weeks. We feel so blessed and lucky to have the support of so many of our wonderful friends and our family!
Blaine is one of the luckiest little girls already! Everyone's support, kind letters and notes, gifts, prayers, and well wishes had been overwhelming (in a good way!). We really truly feel that it has been a community effort to get this far! Daily, Scott and I say how lucky and blessed we are to have each of you in our lives, to have your support through our crazy awesome journey our here, and to have your continues support as we grow our family!
Each of you have become family to us! Because of you, these last 35 weeks have been so memorable for us. Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts, for everything!
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Weekly Updates:
The house is making progress, slowly but surely! In the last week, Scott has continued to work on the block foundation/walls on the cellar. It's a very slow process because he has to make sure every single block has to be level. It's going to take quite a while to get the cellar completed, but that's the #1 goal to complete before winter (so the water in the cistern won't freeze). Inside the house, Scott figured out why the shower was leaking!!! And he fixed it! On the down side, we (meaning him at this point) will be removing all the floor tiles. But it's ok! We want to be sure that our shower is done right and will last a long time for us. We'd rather do it now than get it completed, get the rest of the bathroom completed and then discover there is a problem. If you are wondering what was wrong and why the shower was leaking, here you go: When we first planned the shower stall it was going to be 30" wide. When we made the separating wall and set it at 30", we decided we wanted it to be wider. Well, at this point all the plumbing including the drain for the sink, was already set in place in the foundation and couldn't be moved. The sink drain was going to be in the shower wall itself, so when we moved the wall out another 6" that put the sink drain in the shower itself. We said, 'No problem!' and we decided to build a 'bump out' to enclose it. Well, the problem came down to the tile adhesive in combination to the 'water sealant' wrap that was put down. First, the wrap didn't fit perfectly because there were areas that had to be cut to fit around the bump out. Second, the tile adhesive wasn't meant for floors. When we purchased it, we were specifically looking for shower floor tile adhesive but our local Lowes didn't have anything (that we could find) so we sort of winged it. The water from our 'showers' was leaking out around the 'bump out' and getting a small portion of the bathroom floor (near the shower wall) and the kitchen floor wet. Well, Scott fixed it!!! He pulled up all the tile on the bump out and around that part of the wall, then he scraped up all the adhesive, and used mortar mix to fill in all the cracks around the bottom of the bump out. Since then, NO LEAKS!!!
Another minor update we did was to put up curtains in the living room. I was planning on making them, but due to budget restraints, we decided to buy some really cheap curtains from Walmart and basic cheap rods too. They are nothing fancy, but they will do the trick! We wanted to be sure we had a way to shade the sun especially since Blaine will technically have her bedroom in the living room. It's fun to see how our house is really starting to come together as a home just by adding something simple like curtains!
Last week, I had a day where I had a little more energy that normal so I used the Bronco and drove around areas of our property where we still had scrap wood from our build last year, and I picked up all the non-usable scraps and put them in the burn pit. In the process, I saw my first Wyoming scorpion!!!! The neighbors have told us about them, but I hadn't actually seen one for myself. It wasn't very big, only about 1.5-2" long and it was nearly see-through or very lightly colored (makes sense to me because it would want to blend in with the ground). I've been told that the scorpions here in Wyoming are not poisonous, but they will sting you.
Baby News: We are down to under 5 weeks till Blaine's due date!!! Just 2 more weeks and she is considered full term! My belly is still growing everyday. I just talked to my sister-in-law this last week and we discussed that at this stage in the pregnancy neither one of us really felt super pregnant, UNTIL we went to bed and tried to roll over or get out of bed/off the couch! HAHA!
But I'm feeling really good, just more and more tired. There are some days where I feel like I can't get anything accomplished, but others where I have more energy than usual and get a lot accomplished!
And I'm officially camping out on the couch! No more sleeping upstairs in bed.... I'm not having issues climbing the ladder, but going to the bathroom 4+ times a night, with a squeaky ladder, makes for a long sleepless night for Scott. So to be nice, I'm sleeping on the couch now.
We are so thankful to have received even more fun surprises in the mail in the last week!! First, the Dohmes surprised us with a Rainforest Jumperoo and a Red Cross Health and Hygiene kit!! Traci said there are a few more items coming too and I'm excited to see what they are!! Thank you so much! The two items we've received so far were on my 'must have' list! The Health kit will either be added to my diaper bag or put in the car for any emergencies we may have. The jumperoo I just know will come in handy once Blaine can sit on her own!! I have a feeling she's really going to love it! Thank you so much!
We also received another surprise from another set of Blaine's grandparents - Don and Charlotte Willis! Now Don and Charlotte aren't 'blood grandparents', but they were our OH neighbors and have become our family! Now there is a story behind this gift - Don has had Harley's for as long as I have known him. Charlotte said that she and Don were at a Harley store and Don saw these 2 onesies and said they had to get them for Blaine! One say's 'Born to ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles' and the other says 'My Grandma rides a Harley!!' We love them!!! Not only do they mean a lot to us because they are from you, but because of all the memories we have of you and your Harley's over the years too. Thank you guys!!!
My next appointment is in one week (week 36) and I'll keep you all updated about it next week. My goal is to also get pictures taken of Blaine's baby area, of the new curtains, and of the progress on the cellar too!
We just want to say thank you again for all your continued support and love! We are overwhelmingly thankful and just so very excited for the day we can post pictures and details of Blaine's arrival!
Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers! Have a great week!
AND - We want to wish 2 very special people in our lives a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Both my dad and Don Willis had birthdays this last week!!! Happy birthday you both! We wish we could have wished you a happy birthday in person, but hope you both had great day!
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